Report by Julia Robson
Are flats the new heels? The message from the London catwalks was blurry. Shoes were mostly preposterously high, particularly at Peter Pilotto, Mark Fast and Bernard Chandran. However, when flats did put in an appearance – like the androgynous, shiny black brogues at Meadham Kirchhoff, and the Christian Louboutin rollerball loafers and [...]

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Report by Mr Caryn Franklin
You all know that defining what we want our clothes to say to the viewer  is the key to a good look. I didn’t always know this. When I first met my wife I would blithely arrive for a date in what I took to be splendid apparel. [...]

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Words by Sarah Downes
Photography by George Ryan
5 Rubbish girls, 20,000 copies of the Daily, x On Schedule shows and numerous locations.  Welcome to the world of the LFW Daily newspaper distribution crack team.
To be honest, London Fashion Week wouldn’t be the same without us.  How would you manage without one of our friendly faces welcoming [...]

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Amelia Pemberton, Daily Dooby Doll. Shirt: Vintage, Shorts: Urban Outfitters, Tights: Topshop, Shoes: H&M, Bag: Vintage
Stevie Brown, Daily Writer. Dress: Cos, Boots: Zara, Watch: Michael Kors, Necklaces: Missoma & Alex Monroe, Rings: Missoma & Kabiri
Todd Watkins, Daily Editorial Assistant. Jumper: Marc Jacobs, Jeans: Dior Homme, Boots: Marc Jacobs

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Report by Carrie Gorman
Timekeeping, people. With the international press in town, our lackadaisical attitude to show start times (x o’clock + 20 minutes = arrival) is being shown up. At 9am prompt yesterday at Meadham Kirchhoff,  Anna Wintour made her first appearance at LFW, a vision in gold brocade, to a waiting audience of…three security [...]

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Pop-up column by Jenny Dyson

For those of you who have been swanning around the Georgian landscape of the new, improved, LFW, I’d like to take this opportunity to raise a cheer for our team of intrepid reporters, subs, editors, runners, designers, bloggers, photographers, illustrators and distributors, who have spent the past week doing the following [...]

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By Catherine Bullman
Indoor Garden Design (IGD) is quite literally the bee’s knees of interior landscape designers and has worked on some of the city’s most eye catching projects to date. To name but a couple there’s the vertical walled garden at the Joel Robuchon restaurant, situated in London’s Covent Garden, and a [...]

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Report by David Hayes
A great new venue, a landmark anniversary and the attention of the world’s press and buyers focused squarely back on London Fashion Week: there are a lot of reasons to feel good about the past few days. But more than that, more than the fact that Spring/Summer is by default lighter, brighter [...]

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Report by Julia Robson
Photography by Marcus Dawes
It’s amazing what you can find off-catwalk, lurking in the labyrinths of Somerset House during London Fashion Week. A bra by Yes Master, fashioned out of black feathers and inspired by the Edgar Allan Poe poem The Raven, for instance. Or the jewellery collection by Mawi [above], inspired by [...]

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In the world of fashion photography we have the Steven Meisels, the Craig McDeans, the Tim Walkers and then, on quite the other end of the spectrum, the Scott Schumans, Garance Dors and Tommy Tons – a growing group of style lovers with well made cameras stalking the fashion flock across [...]

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